French fancy

Love the recipes and images in Food and Travel? Now you can learn how to make them first-hand. Louise Pickford has worked with us as a food writer and stylist for 20 years and has now launched her own cookery school in picturesque Aignes-et-Puypéroux. May is a particularly bountiful month in southwest France and Louise has honed close relationships with local suppliers to make the most of its natural larder. You’ll visit charentais melons growers, sample fresh goat’s cheese and gather oysters before returning to her beautifully renovated family home where she’ll share her kitchen secrets. Courses range from half-days to week-long culinary retreats, staying at dreamy gite The Courtyard at Sainte Catherine. comecookinfrance.com